Friday, April 15, 2022

From left to right: Stacy Mwangi, Joy Nina Nampaso, Kainat Ansari and Annie Means

 

Four Whitman students have been recognized this spring for their leadership of local and international projects dedicated to making the world a better place.

 

Projects for Peace Grants

Stacy Mwangi, a sophomore, and Joy Nina Nampaso, a junior, have been awarded $10,000 each in grants through Projects for Peace, a competitive program encouraging undergraduate students studying at its partner institutions to design projects revolving around peace, reconciliation or conflict resolution on a global scale. Both students will spend their summer implementing their separate initiatives on issues prevalent in their home country of Kenya.

 

Mwangi’s project focuses on providing reading resources to students in underfunded schools, setting up mobile libraries and offering literacy support. 

 

Nampaso’s project will be centered around developing an awareness campaign to educate the local community about the harmful effects of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to work toward eliminating its practice within the Maasai tribe. 

 

Learn more about Mwangi’s and Nampaso’s projects and awards.

 

Ben Rabinowitz Awards

Whitman College junior psychology major Kainat Ansari and senior Annie Means, who is majoring in environmental humanities and Hispanic studies, have been named the recipients of the 2022 Ben Rabinowitz Award, given in support of student-proposed projects or learning opportunities that promote compassion in medicine or politics and enrich the campus community.

 

Ansari’s project, YANA (You Are Not Alone) is intended to provide a forum for members of Whitman’s BIPOC community to discuss mental health issues in a safe and inclusive environment. The project will center around a website offering mental health resources and individuals’ stories of healing.

 

“The Big Red Ban,” Means’ video project, will focus on national blood drive policies that often discourage and even prohibit sexually-active gay and bisexual men from donating blood, and will explore the stigma at the root of that policy. 

 

Learn more about Ansari’s and Means’ projects and awards.

Resume Challenge Starts Today!

The Career and Community Engagement Center is proud to announce the start of the 3rd Annual Resume Challenge: a contest where students submit their resume to a panel of judges and an exceptional resume is selected for each class year. Selected students will win a swag bag of bookstore goodies and apparel, plus a feature on CCEC social media! 

 

The challenge runs from today through April 25.

 

To help students perfect their resumes for the challenge, the CCEC Student Career Advisors are holding a “Sharpen your Resume” info session at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, in Reid 207. Attendees will leave with an improved resume and a mini cactus!

 

To participate, submit your resume to the Handshake posting named “Resume Challenge—The Career and Community Engagement Center.” Winners will be notified by the second week of May.

The Whitman Events Board is looking for 12 faculty members and staff who will volunteer to be blackjack dealers during their upcoming event, “Casino Night Prom,” set for 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 6.  Please sign up with this link or contact Ashley Nguyen (nguyenat@whitman.edu) if you are interested.

Today is the deadline to apply for the following student representative positions to the Board of Trustees:

• Student representative to the Board of Trustees
• Student representative to the Whitman Experience Board Committee
• Student representative to the Whitman Resources Board Committee
• Student representative to the Whitman Advancement Board Committee.

Applications are open to any and all rising juniors and seniors. More information on each position is detailed in the online application. If you have any questions, be sure to email aswc_nominations@whitman.edu and the chair will be happy to get back to you.

In accordance with Washington state Labor & Industries employer requirements, we are notifying the campus community that in the past 24 hours, six people with Whitman access were confirmed positive for COVID-19. These people are now in isolation in accordance with our campus and CDC guidelines. Though the likelihood of transmission is low due to our campus COVID-19 protocols, it is possible that others may have been exposed to COVID-19. There is nothing you need to do at this time aside from following our campus COVID-19 protocols. Anyone identified through the contact tracing process as a close contact (within 6 ft. for at least 15 minutes over 24 hours) will be personally notified. 

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